Dear Open Source Remote Sensing and Geospatial Colleagues,
Please consider submitting an abstract for this open source remote sensing
session at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting December 15-19,
2008 in San Francisco. It will be a great opportunity to promote and learn
about open source remote sensing in a vibrant international earth science
community (estimated 15,000 attendees).
Session Name: IN24: Open Source Remote Sensing for Environmental Mapping
and Analysis
Session URL:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=586
AGU Abstract Submission URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/
(Please reference session IN24, and note the abstract submission deadline:
September 10, 2008)
Session Abstract:
Anthropogenic and natural pressures on ecosystems and environments
threaten human and ecological health at many levels. Remote sensing
analysis of aerial photography and satellite imagery provides views of the
environment necessary for sound environmental stewardship. Unprecedented
amounts of earth imagery are now available on our desktops through data
portals and virtual earths, and many open source geographic information
system (GIS) applications are available. However, there is a great need
for free or low cost, easy to use remote sensing software tools to help
non-geospatial-experts make better use of these image resources to enhance
environmental mapping and analysis.
The goal of this session is to highlight open source remote sensing tools
and applications in environmental analysis. How are open source remote
sensing tools being used in environmental analysis (e.g., land cover
mapping; change detection; disaster recovery; habitat analysis; impervious
surface mapping)? Are remote sensing mapping algorithms incorporated in
virtual earths to expand their analytical capability? Can we develop easy
to use open source decision support tools to help guide environmental
decision making at the national, regional, local and citizen levels? How
can we better harness the observations of citizens informed about their
local environments in a geospatially-enabled manner?
Thank you for your kind attention, and please forward this announcement to
any interested colleagues.
Sincerely,
Drew Pilant, Ph.D.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development
Landscape Characterization Branch
tel: 919.541.0648
fax: 919.541.9420
pilant.drew at epa.gov
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